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Wow!Our February board meeting just ended and I am excited!Your Board really stepped up and put together a great agenda for the next five months.I needed to share our plans with you so here goes!

Our speaker agenda will bring us new ideas and hints for local fishing.

February 20Jimmy O is going to tell us about Winter striper fishing on the Housie.

March 20 Tim Barry from DEEP will enlighten us about stocking plans, DEEP’s new fish finding tech, and the new expanded TMA on the Mill River.Plus much more!

April 17Jeff Yale from Regional Water will talk about fishing Lake Saltonstall.The lake is easily accessible (visible from Rt. 95) and loaded with a wide variety of fish, including Walleye, Bass, trout and much more.

May 15Sonny Yu talks fly fishing for American Shad.We’ll have a trip the Saturday after this meeting to fish for Shad on the Mill River in Fairfield (who knew?)

Kudos to John Kovach for creating such an exciting agenda. The meetings are always at Port 5 in Bridgeport and pizza and drinks are available. We also have some fun auction items available at every meeting to raise some funds to support our programs.

In March we start our fishing trips and hands on activities.All of the trips will be led by one or more of our experienced fishing leaders from our Board and membership.

March 31 – Trout fishing the Saugatuck on Ford Road.

April 21 (World Fish Migration Day) –This is a big one!

In cooperation with Beardsley Zoo we will have a Pequonnock River Day.

Activities to include:

River cleanup.

River walk and insect study.

Bird of Prey animal encounter.

Fly casting clinic (5 LL Bean donated rods will be available for use).

Tree planting.

And of course, we will cap the day off with some fishing on the Pequonnock.

Get your hands dirty, learn to fish and catch some fish. Come for all or part of the day.

May 26 – Striper fishing on the Housatonic at the Audubon center in Milford.

June 24 – Trout fishing on the Farmington.

On the Conservation front we resume our work on the Mill River at Congress Street. Watch your emails for the date.Many hands will be needed as we work to deepen the river by anchoring Christmas trees to channel the river.Last year we planted hundreds of trees here.This next important phase will insure the Mill river will continue to be a premiere fishing spot for years to come.It can’t be done without member’s like you helping.

I hope you agree that we have some great stuff lined up and member participation is key. All of the meetings and trips are free (except for the Limestone outing) and the public is welcome.

Welcome to 2018.Your Board of Directors is working to make programming and participation even better. Today we have over 350 dues paying members in the Nutmeg chapter and together we can take care of our rivers, learn and have fun.

Each of us belongs to TU for different reasons. As a chapter we try to offer diverse programs and activities to meet everyone’s interests.Like most, my active involvement in TU started slowly.My only regret is that I did not get more active in TU sooner.

What does Trout Unlimited mean to you?

As a board we wonder what motivates members to join and stay connected: events, meetings, outings, conservation …. So we ask:

What speakers do you want to see at our meetings?

Do you want to learn about fishing local waters or destination fishing?

What will make your Nutmeg TU Chapter better?

Opportunities to fish with friends

Meeting fishing buddies

Learning new skills and fishing spots

Improving stream quality, or

Just being part of a national organization that advocates clean fresh water fisheries

More opportunities to volunteer in 2018.

I would like to see our conservation efforts expand to include micro invertebrate monitoring

We should do more with youth and engage our veterans

We will continue to improve the Mill River habitat – watch for updates as we will soon use the Embrace a Stream funds to deepen the Mill River’s Congress Street section by channeling the river with recycled Christmas trees

Join the board, lead a fishing outing, participate in a river cleanup, do water sampling, work with TIC …

If you are a Nutmeg TU member and simply want to support a national advocacy group for clean water, we thank you for your participation, numbers are important. However, on the local level, none of the annual membership fees go to the local chapter.It all stays with TU national. Our funding comes from grants, donations and the raffles we run at the meetings. It costs money and takes volunteers to run our meetings, support the 15 Trout in The Classroom (TIC) local schools and do our conservation work.Your financial support is appreciated, and every dollar goes a long way because the Nutmeg chapter of TU is a 100% volunteer organization.

As we begin the new year I want to take this time to thank my fellow Board Members John Kovach, Dave Edgeworth, Jerry Goldstein, David Ader, Ed Grzeda, Cheryl Groesbeck, Phil Jacques, Chuck Petruccelli and Gian Morresi, for their wisdom at our monthly board meetings; volunteering to lead fishing trips, river cleanups/conservation work, sharing the load; and for the pleasure of fishing together in and around our lovely part of Connecticut.

On behalf of the Board of Directors I want to thank you for your continued support.Our goal is to have fun while doing good in our community.We hope you find the chapter welcoming and choose to participate in this valuable organization.

Tickets can be purchased online for $25 (a $5 discount) until 2 p.m. by clicking here.

Tickets MAY also be available at the door, if any remain, at a cost of $30.

Doors will open at 6:15 p.m.

ORIGINAL POST: The Candlewood, Mianus and Nutmeg chapters of Trout Unlimited wii host two showings of the Fly Fishing Film Tour in the coming week, with proceeds supporting conservation projects and environmental education in Fairfield County.

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